Naps at daycare...not at home. HELP!

My son is 4 months old and will not nap for us on the weekends. He takes two 2 hour naps at daycare every day no problem. I have asked her what she does differently and there isn?t much. We make sure to mimic what she does and it doesn?t help. His nights are just fine, he sleeps great. We can get him to sleep but once he is down he is only sleeping for 30 minutes. We give him back his pacifier and IF he falls asleep again it is only for about 10 minutes. When he wakes up he is still tired and come mid-afternoon he is so overly tired and crabby he cries all afternoon. I have tried watching for tired signals, letting him cry it out, rocking, walking, music, reading, baths, massages and nothing! Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated! Our house is becoming very stressfull and that doesn't help the situation either.

Try doing a lot of activities to exhaust him so he will be tired out. when i babysit, i go on long walks with the kids instead of driving and they crash as soon as we get home. just make sure he has a snack before you go which will tire him out more since he isnt starving when he gets home. then bring some milk or something along. just go places like the pet store or something. or just bring him in the back yard and run around and play tag or something for like an hour or so until he gets super tired and wants to go back inside.

My daughter was the same way - 2 hour naps at daycare, 45 minutes at home. I just compensated by putting her down 3-4 times instead of twice like during the week. Is that an option? She would be awake about 2-3 hours between naps on weekends. It was frustrating, but the best I could do. I also put her to bed at night an hour earlier on the weekends.

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Answered 4/12/12

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Hi,
Its a differnt behaviour on weekend..Make sure his stomach, give him a full lunch and leave for some time with toys or teddy(what ever is his favourite). Let him play for some time..then make him sleep.. check various things like room temperature, dark room, no noise. Also he may have separation anxiety. I hope this should work out. ..
All the best...

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